Clip.



.L. S. BROCKWAY.

CLIP.

APPLICATION FILED MAR-2.1916.

325,921 a Patented May15,1917.

W/TNESSfS 5 Brae yyay LESLIE S. BROCKWAY, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

CLIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 15, 1917.

Application filed March 2, 1916. Serial No. 81,690.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Lnsmn S. BRooKwAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clips;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide an extremely simple andhighly efficient me tallic clip adapted to hold a pack of checks, bills,bank notes, and the like; and-to such ends, the invention consists ofthe novel construction and arrangement of a single piece of spring wire,as hereinafter described and defined in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, likecharacters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing one of the improved clipsapplied to hold together a pack of checks or the like; and

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the clip removed from the pack.

The checks of the pack are indicated by the character 1 The clip isformed from a single piece of spring wire 1, bent at its in termediateportion to form a zig-zag spring section 2, and bent at its ends to formupright arms 3 and 4, the former of which terminates in a clamping loopor head 5, and the latter of which terminates ina similar clamping loopor head 6. The zig-zag spring section 2 and the axially. alined bodyportions of the wire 1 lie in a common plane, and the arms 3 and 4 risefrom this common plane at an angle of 90 degrees. The clamping head 5 ofthe arm 3 is primarily bent at a right angle thereto so that it is in aplane parallel of the plane of the spring section 2.

The arm at and its head 6 are primarily bent straight upward, as shownby full lines in Fig. 2, and by dotted lines in Fig. 1.

The clip is applied to the pack by first engaging the arm 3 and its head5 with one side of the pack, and then the arm 4 is pulled upward, untilthe body of the rod 1 and the zig-zag spring section 2 are engaged withthe bottom of the pack, and then the head 6 is bent over onto the top ofthe pack, as shown by full lines in Fig. 1. The spring section 2 keepsthe arms 8 and 4 drawn against the edges of the pack and, furthermore,will yield to compensate for considerable variation in the width of thepack. The clip thus applied will firmly hold the sheets or members ofthe pack together and will keep the same fiat, that is, will not tend tobuckle the same. Furthermore, the clip closely hugs the pack and doesnot project from the same, except the thickness of the wire from whichit is made. Different packs with the applied clips can, therefore, beclosely piled together. The clip is a better device than a rubber bandfor the purposes had in view, and, furthermore, will not cost more thana good rubber band and probably not as much, and has the furtheradvantage that it will last much longer when filed away.

What I claim is A pack holding clip constructed from a single piece ofwire, having alined straight body portions connected by a zig-zagintermediate spring section, having end portions bent at a right angleto the plane of said body portion and zig-zag spring section, and havinglooped ends bent into planes parallel to the above noted plane.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LESLIE S. BROOKWAY.

Witnesses HARRY D. KILGORE, CLARA DEMAREST.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Gommissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

